I agree with you but I suppose its place is being taken by the iPod dock. CDs are no longer selling so well apparently and being FM only could be seen as a drawback. It is certainly the reason I never bought one. It would also have benefitted from a battery pack of some sort.

Ipod can be connected at the AUX input, as with even much older B&o gear. I think the Beosound 1 is a very good radio/speaker, especially excells at vocals. At this specific point even beter/clearer than the beolab 3 I think.

I was told by my dealer that it will be discontinued. He was as I am not happy about by this decission. I`m often surpriced by which products will stay and which will not. However both BeoLab´s mentioned are very popular speakers. Said that I belive we need to see some new ones. And finaly, yes BS8 will probably replace BS1 but what about BS7??? the BS between BS6 and BS8.

Just a fantasy here...

The BeoSound 7 is the new B&O mp3 player that will be docked on BeoSound 8.

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Presently I am trying to do a deal on a BS1 to be gifted to my father for Christmas. His office is without sound!

I never understood or liked the BeoSound 1. I really cant appreciate its high price and the fact that it lacked DAB etc was appaling. Maybe in the very early 90s an FM radio and a basic CD player was acceptable but old hissy FM just doesn't do it anymore. I had a BeoSound Century and I loved the design of that but times have moved on. Once you get used to the ease of use of iPods together with not having to have hundreds of CDs scattered around your room, I think there's no going back!!! It's just AWESOME being able to find any track that you've owned with seconds! Let's hope the BS8 is insiring in its design or it'll be the B&W MINI Zepplin for me!

The B&W Mini Zeppelin? I'd rather just sit in silence. 

Even if they discontinue now I am sure until inventory is sold it will be a year. Always always keep in mind that they do not End of Life topsellers.

I think only few people buy CDs players these days. If I would start from scratch today, I would think very very hard about it.

"old hissy FM"??

My experience with the Beosound 1 is one of very good FM reception, even better sound than coax cable.

Most people listen to ipod with compressed music files so I wonder were this ipod adoration comes from..

Besides as a design it's really a work of art. It seems to me that the same cannot be said of the new B&o ipod-dock.. As with the beocom 5 I'm thinking B&o design is following the wrong path here.. 

jc wrote:

 

Besides as a design it's really a work of art. It seems to me that the same cannot be said of the new B&o ipod-dock.. As with the beocom 5 I'm thinking B&o design is following the wrong path here.. 

Agreed on the really crappy new dock product but  what's wrong with the BC 5 ????